Hyalonematidae is a family of
sponges
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...
belonging to the order
Amphidiscosida
Amphidiscosida is an order of hexactinellid sponges characterized by amphidisc spicules, that is, spicules having a stellate disk at each end. They are in the class Hexactinellida
Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Chalaronema''
Ijima, 1927
* ''
Composocalyx''
Schulze, 1904
* ''
Compsocalyx''
Schulze, 1904
* ''
Hyalonema''
Gray, 1832
* ''
Lophophysema''
Schulze, 1900
* ''
Tabachnickia''
Özdikmen, 2010
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6534524
Sponges